Legal Help

Pivot Legal Society is not a legal clinic or legal aid organization. Our mandate is to use the law strategically to achieve widespread social change. We work with low-income communities to develop legal strategies to address systemic problems affecting marginalized individuals. We do not provide any drop-in legal services or offer legal advice over the phone or by email.

If you are looking for legal information and advice, the following resources may be of assistance.

LEGAL AID

The Legal Services Society of BC (LSS)

LSS provides legal help to low-income people who meet certain criteria. If you don't qualify for representation by a legal aid lawyer, you may still be able to get some legal help through LSS. To apply or to find the office nearest you contact LSS:

Rise is a community legal centre striving to create accessible legal services that are responsive to the unique needs of self-identifying women, particularly those who are victims of violence, abuse and unequal power dynamics.

The West Coast Prison Justice Society promotes the rule of law within prisons and the fair and equal treatment of prisoners. The Society operates Prisoners’ Legal Services, a legal clinic for federal and provincial prisoners in BC.

LSLAP offers free legal advice to people in the Lower Mainland who cannot afford a lawyer. LSLAP clinics are run by law students from the University of British Columbia who are supervised by practicing lawyers.

This non-profit organization is part of a networked community of helping professionals who prioritize the autonomy and dignity of transgender and gender diverse people. CWHWC provides trans* clients with summary advice.

This online legal information and education site includes information about family law, immigration law, personal injury law, employment law, consumer law and much more. Clicklaw also provides online access to court forms and information about legal resources across BC.

This phone line provides free, confidential information and referrals to community resources including advocacy and legal help, and housing search assistance. Multi-lingual telephone assistance is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Provides a safe space for women and children in the Downtown Eastside. The Centre offers practical support, basic necessities and hot nutritious meals to over 500 women and children every day, and helps connect individuals to a continuum of services including outreach, advocacy, wellness, recreation, housing and skills development.

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner promotes accountable policing within our communities and enhances public confidence in law enforcement through impartial, transparent civilian oversight.

The BC Civil Liberties Association was established in 1962 and is the oldest and most active civil liberties group in Canada. Its mandate is to preserve, defend, maintain, and extend civil liberties and human rights in Canada.

We invite you to join us in recognizing that we are on stolen lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. We are grateful to Indigenous Peoples for their continuous relationship with their lands and are committed to learning to work in solidarity as accomplices in shifting the colonial default.